Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Holding It Down!












What Katrina Taught Us About Race

Talk of the Nation, August 29, 2006 · As Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans, it exposed a raw nerve of racial tensions in a city that had long prided itself on tolerance. A year later, much of the bitterness remains unresolved, and New Orleans is shaping up as a much different city. Featuring Jed Horne, Juan Williams and Michael Eric Dyson .

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Race, class and Hurricane Katrina
‘The people who suffered there were failed by their government’


NEW ORLEANS - Brian Williams discusses Hurricane Katrina, race and class with Michael Eric Dyson, an author, minister and humanities professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

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